jackri
Active Member
Originally Posted by dragonboy
http:///forum/post/2992589
I'm not too big of a fan of yellow tangs anyways but I think if they spend the money to go study the fish to breed them they can start aquaculturing them instead of fishing them. It takes a lot of time and money to breed these fish I guess if someone had a lot of money they can start taking the time to do it.
It's not they don't know how they breed, its how they breed is the problem for aquaculturing.
Schools of tangs spawn over a very large area of reef unlike clown fish that produce a clutch of eggs and stay to protect them. Really hard to simulate that in 180g tank for tangs
There are many breeders out there trying (mostly hobbyists/small businesses) that are doing a lot of their own research in what they can and can't breed and whatever can be breed should stop being harvested IMO.
Theres a very good breeders forum out there with a lot of good info on it but I can't post the link... but google MOFIB -- should bring it up
http:///forum/post/2992589
I'm not too big of a fan of yellow tangs anyways but I think if they spend the money to go study the fish to breed them they can start aquaculturing them instead of fishing them. It takes a lot of time and money to breed these fish I guess if someone had a lot of money they can start taking the time to do it.
It's not they don't know how they breed, its how they breed is the problem for aquaculturing.
Schools of tangs spawn over a very large area of reef unlike clown fish that produce a clutch of eggs and stay to protect them. Really hard to simulate that in 180g tank for tangs
There are many breeders out there trying (mostly hobbyists/small businesses) that are doing a lot of their own research in what they can and can't breed and whatever can be breed should stop being harvested IMO.
Theres a very good breeders forum out there with a lot of good info on it but I can't post the link... but google MOFIB -- should bring it up